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Excess deaths among young adults are soaring to record highs as unexpected mortality rates continue to spike each month, the latest data shows.
The latest figures for December have just been published a show a large rise in excess mortality rates among adults under the age of 45.
December saw a staggering increase in excess death that was 43 percent higher than expected.
The figure is more than double the number of excess deaths for November and almost four times higher than in October.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US βhas put forward a serious proposalβ to Moscow regarding wrongfully detained American citizen Paul Whelan.Β Β
βI also raised the wrongful detention of Paul Whelan as I have on many previous occasions. The United States has put forward a serious proposal. Moscow should accept it. We’re determined to bring Paul and every other American citizen who is unjustly detained around the world home. We won’t rest until we do,” he said Thursday in New Delhi.
Evidence of illegal arms flows from Europe to Africa surfaced in early 2023. These illict weapons are now not just in the hands of major terror groups, but also relatively small ones that justify their use for self-defense. What consequences does this trend hold for the region and can these weapons reach the Maghreb? Experts give Sputnik the facts.
The flow of arms smuggled from Europe to Africa is already leaving its mark: terrorist attacks in Central and Southern Africa jumped 50% in 2022 compared to previous years, and increased by 20% in West Africa. Most of the illegal weapons are stored in the Lake Chad Basin and the Central Sahel region.
A meeting of G20 foreign ministers in India has been “marred” by the war in Ukraine, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“Unfortunately, this meeting has again been marred by Russiaβs unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine, deliberate campaign of destruction against civilian targets, and its attack on the core principles of the UN Charter,” Blinken said in prepared remarks ahead of the G20 meeting in New Delhi.
“We must continue to call on Russia to end its war of aggression and withdraw from Ukraine for the sake of international peace and economic stability,” added Blinken.
